[Sentrix]

A girl shared this on Facebook.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-things-...00167.html

My opinion:

Anyone too afraid to take risks because it could "make the world worse" has no business speaking to graduates. This guy epitomizes what's wrong with the vision held by most American men.

[Aureo]

I think it's good advice.
What he meant about not making the world worse, is that you should not, for example, become millionaire by selling pinched condoms to young men (god, that would be hilarious). You must aim high, but not at the expense of the planet.

[Only One Man]

(04-30-2012 11:28 PM)Sentrix Wrote:  

A girl shared this on Facebook.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-things-...00167.html

My opinion:

Anyone too afraid to take risks because it could "make the world worse" has no business speaking to graduates. This guy epitomizes what's wrong with the vision held by most American men.

You think it's bad advice to tell graduates to aim to be successful without profiting off of the misery of others?

[Sentrix]

(04-30-2012 11:55 PM)Only One Man Wrote:  

You think it's bad advice to tell graduates to aim to be successful without profiting off of the misery of others?

I disagree with his insinuation that our generation's moral compass will change direction immediately in the face of greed, and that we won't have a clear conscience to stand against it, or better yet, do things our own way. What do you think?

[Stitch]

I think "yeah, but then that's what I thought about my generation, and look what happened there."

[j r]

(04-30-2012 11:28 PM)Sentrix Wrote:  

A girl shared this on Facebook.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-things-...00167.html

My opinion:

Anyone too afraid to take risks because it could "make the world worse" has no business speaking to graduates. This guy epitomizes what's wrong with the vision held by most American men.

I could not disagree more with you. These are exactly the sort of remarks that young people need to hear more of instead of the normal pap served up in commencement speeches. "You're great. You're wonderful. You're going to go out and change the world!" That is a bunch of self-congratulatory bullshit.

The guy doesn't say that you should not take risks. He actually says the exact opposite when he talks about how parents will try to keep you on track to a safe middle of the road life, free of danger and discomfort.

We talk a lot about women and their internal hamster wheel, but there are a lot of people on an external hamster wheel. The people who go through life checking of a list of bogus accomplishments and meaningless milestones.

I also think this is a pretty good example of misuse of the alpha/beta labels.

[Goldin Boy]

I from the OP's original post, it seems like he disagrees with number 3. You gotta take risks in life, sometimes they work sometimes they don't. When I approach that big titted Latin chick I could kiss close or I'll get slapped, a good story either way but I'll never know if I don't try.

I agree with numbers 6,7, and 8. I realized after college if I didn't want a desk job and mediocre poon for 40 yrs like my dad I'd have to do something different...I filled a duffle bag with stuff and told them: "I'm leaving.". Some people think you have to have 2.5 kids, big house, nagging spouse matrix life is the only way.

#5 is why America is becoming soft.

How is this beta?

[Bad Hussar]

Mr Wheelen probably had in mind people working for places like Goldman Sachs when mentioning point 3. Basically saying that just because you are smart and driven enough to be able to make it as a top Vampire Squid, doesn't mean that this is what you should do. Rather try something that doesn't involve engaging in transactions that approach legalised theft. Still, a bit strange coming from someone writing for the Wall Street Journal.

I agree a little with the OP in that taken as a whole the piece is a bit negative. Just because not everyone can be exceptional, by definition, doesn't mean noone should even bother trying.

[R Smoov]

#1: I wholeheartedly agree with. My freshman year of college was nothing but beer, drugs, and basketball. However, I had made some really good connections with people throughout this whole year. If I was to just stay in my room and just be bookwormish I'd never have a person that could say "Bro hangout with me this summer". I might not have been the smartest kid on the block, but shit I still feel my time was well spent at this college. I don't want to have the best grades when I leave here, I want a network and a better experience than my high school years.

#4: [Skip to advice 5]

#5: I agree with this. School, sports, anything is always a damned competition. Life should not be judging how someone else does something better or worse than you. Why is it that I see so many of my classmates whining about their GPA? It doesn't make you appear valuable as a person anyways.

#7: I find this advice similar to what Roosh's advice he'd given to his teen self would be. My biological father had once told me that if I ever fall in love for a girl that I should start to provide for her. Where did he end up with this advice? My mother leaving him when I was 3 and still getting child support checks until I became 19. My mom the same thing, she constantly rages at me for my social behavior in college (drugs, partying, alcohol). But where did I end up with her advice during highschool? No where, no stories, no experiences nothing to talk about. I love my parents, but their advice given to protect me often comes off to be the worst advice.

#10: Being great all comes from a state of feeling. You cannot think that you are the best, you have to feel it.

Now thats beta

[Aureo]

#10 is Omega